Recap: Cheshire breaking news Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Welcome to the Chester Chronicle's live breaking news blog for Wednesday, September 12, 2018.

We will be bringing you regular updates throughout the day of all the breaking news from across Cheshire.

We will have pictures, video, tweets and comments covering the latest traffic, weather forecasts and anything else.

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19:30Andrew Cain

Have a good evening

That’s all from me tonight folks. Join us tomorrow at 6.45am when my colleague Lauren Wise will be back once again with the latest news, traffic and weather alerts for Cheshire throughout the day. Until then, have a good evening!

19:20Andrew Cain

Tonight's weather forecast

The Met Office is predicting some wind and blustery showers in the north west this evening

19:18Andrew Cain

Traffic moving well

All the earlier traffic incidents on our region’s roads have now cleared up and thankfully, there doesn’t appear to be any major traffic problems on the road network right now

19:00Andrew Cain

Special Constables investigating

Special Constables from Cheshire Police have been out and about in the countryside today, investigating reports of suspicious activities in Bickerton and Nantwich according to this tweet

Pro Europe festival at Chester venue

Campaign group Chester for Europe has revealed the gig celebrating the music and culture of Europe which will take place on Saturday, September 22 at Telford’s Warehouse on Tower Wharf.

Featuring a range of international acts and speakers from 1pm, the non-profit event, in conjunction with Rock for Europe, will include craft stalls, music acts and speakers until midnight, followed by bar music till 2am. Lunch and evening menus will be available throughout.

18:35Andrew Cain

Traffic updates - M6 and Chester congestion

All of the congested traffic that we told you about earlier is reported to have cleared up now. Just a reminder about where the incidents were -

Traffic returned to normal on M6 Northbound after J21A M62 J10 (Croft Interchange).

Wanted Wednesday in Widnes

Good result for police who have collared one of their wanted suspects thanks to help from the public

18:20Andrew Cain

Advice for gamers

Cheshire Police have issued some advice about staying safe online as part of Video Games Day. Great pointers, especially for parents who might not play online games themselves, but have children that do so

Bid to stop bank closures

As part of a wider programme of closures, financial giant Royal Bank of Scotland has announced the Prestbury branch’s final day will be on January 28 next year.

A similar picture has been painted for the RBS in Disley, which is also to shut on January 23.

17:39Andrew Cain

Traffic - A41, Hooton

We’re also getting reports of queueing traffic on the A41 New Chester Road Northbound at A550 Welsh Road in Hooton.

17:28Andrew Cain

Traffic update - Chester

The earlier congestion issues on the A483 near Chester, and the A55, have now started to ease.

Traffic is reported to have returned to normal on the A483 Wrexham Road Southbound before A55 J38 (Posthouse roundabout), while traffic is also said to be easing on Vicars Cross Road and Tarvin Road outbound before A55 (Vicars Cross Interchange).

17:21Andrew Cain

Police parking enforcement

Police in Shavington, near Crewe, have been clamping down on problematic parking outside Shavington Academy this afternoon

17:12Andrew Cain

More M6 woes

More traffic misery for drivers on the M6, with reports of slow traffic and traffic heavier than normal on the M6 Northbound after J21A M62 J10 (Croft Interchange). Take care on the roads this evening folks

17:09Andrew Cain

Traffic - M6

I’m getting reports of slow traffic on the M6 Northbound in Cheshire at J20 A50 Cliff Lane (Lymm Interchange), with congestion up to J19 (Knutsford).

Hundreds of well-wishers gathered to witness the installation of the new Dean at a ceremony held at Chester Cathedral.

16:23Andrew Cain

Digitising the Herbert Protocol

Crewe Local Policing Unit’s (LPU) Chief Inspector, Simon Newell, is the force lead at Cheshire Police for the Herbert Protocol - a system of working for helping to track down vulnerable people who go missing, such as those with Alzheimer’s.

He has taken to Twitter this afternoon to discuss the next step of the programme which is currently being tested - digitising the protocol and using GPS technology

Traffic update - M6

The earlier delays on the southbound M6 have now been cleared, and traffic is once again moving well in the area

15:40Andrew Cain

Traffic update - M6

All lanes have reopened following the earlier broken down vehicle on the M6 southbound between J21 A57 Manchester Road (Woolston) to J20 A50 Cliff Lane (Lymm Interchange), but there are still delays in the area

Police urge communities to report drug dealing

The advice comes on the back of two successful warrants executed by police in the Shavington area, with PC Clark adding that all community intelligence is reviewed and is useful to police.

15:25Andrew Cain

Traffic - M6 southbound

More traffic disruption on the motorway this afternoon, this time on the M6.

We’re getting reports of slow traffic due to all traffic having been temporarily held and a broken down vehicle on the M6 Southbound from J21 A57 Manchester Road (Woolston) to J20 A50 Cliff Lane (Lymm Interchange). Lanes three and four (of four) were closed until highways held traffic to remove vehicle from the carriageway.

15:15Andrew Cain

Traffic - M62

Some disruption on the M62 near to Warrington, with one lane closed due to two separate collisions close to each other